Process of producing pictures.



No. 765,275. PATENTED JULY 19, 1904.

M. M. FIELDS.

PROCESS OP PRODUGING PIGTURES.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 28, 1903. No MODEL.

lfomey UNITED STATES Patented July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES M. FIELDS, OF LOCKNEY, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO-THIRDS TO J. W.EDWARDS AND W. M. WINN, OF TEXAS.

PROCESS OF PRODUCING PICTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 765,275, dated July19, 1904.

Application led July 28, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, Mosns M. FIELDS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lockney, in the county of Floyd and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes ofProducing Pictures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to 'fine arts, and more particularly to thatclass thereunder known as pictures An object of this invention is toproduce transparent pictures in a novel manner, the said pictures havingfor their bases albumen prints of the ordinary kind treated with acompound of ingredients so proportioned as to minimize the labor andsteps necessary to give the desired result.

A further object of the invention is to treat a picture of the characternoted by a novel process, whereby the picture of the picture is madetransparent and then colored, the said picture in its colored statebeing applied to a transparent face-plate and a transparent backing, thelatter of which is treated to enhance the effect produced by the tintingof the picture.

Furthermore, an object of the invention is to produce a picture by'anovel process, which will prove efficient and satisfactory in use andcomparatively inexpensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and production to be hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed.

The drawings illustrate, in Figure 1, a face elevation of a pictureprepared according to my process; and Fig. 2 is a greatly-exaggeratedcross section, partly fragmentary of Fig. l.

In the production of a picture after the process of this invention anyordinary albumen print is employed, which before being treated ismounted on glass by the use of a sheet of gelatin dissolved in boilingwater to produce a solution. When the print is secured on the glass, thesaid print is treated with a compound Serial No. 167,349. (No model.)

consisting of neats-foot oil, sixty-six and twothirds per cent., andwood-alcohol, thirtythree and one-third per cent. In applying thccompound the ingredients are well mixed and commingled. The compound isallowed to remain on the print until said print is thoroughly penetratedand the picture is visible from the front and rear of the print. Thepicture is then painted by coloring the eyes, clothing, Howers, scenery,&c.

In order to thoroughly protect the coloring just described, a secondglass is applied to the back of the iirst glass and stuck thereto by anysuitable adhesive material. The picture is linished by painting on theback of the lastmentioned glass the liesh coloring, also the hair andbackground, and thus the picture is completed and, as stated, is madetransparent.

The construction, operation, and advantages will, it is thought, beunderstood from the foregoing description, it being noted that variouschanges may be resorted to in the portions and details for carryinginvention into practice Without departing from the scope thereof.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The process of producing pictures comprising the attachment of analbumen print to a transparent body by sheet-gelatin dissolved inboiling water to produce a solution, the treating of the print with acompound of neatsfoot oil and wood-alcohol dissolved well, painting theback of the transparent print to indicate the eyes, clothing, iiowers,and scenery, applying a backing of transparent material and iinallypainting the back of the backing to represent the iiesh coloring, hairand background.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 22d day of July, 1903.

MOSES M. FIELDS. Witnesses:

W. B. MARTIN, J. B. GILLnsrY.

